The story made newspapers worldwide, and the internet convulsed in outrage. The hashtag #CecilTheLion trended for two days on Twitter. Online warriors flooded the Yelp page of hunter Walter Palmer’s dentistry practice with negative reviews. A makeshift shrine to Cecil popped up at Palmer’s office.(Joshua Meservey - dailysignal.com)

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1. Who is Cecil and what happened to him?2. Why are people so angry?3. Why does the writer think the outrage is a good example of ‘slacktivism’?4. What does the writer think people should be more concerned about?5. Is legal hunting a threat to wildlife?6. What is the biggest threat?7. What do you think should happen to Walter Palmer?8. What do you think about the internet’s reaction?9. What do the words inboldmean?

“On July 1, a lion known as Cecil...was killed by a hunter after beinglured outof a national park.”

“The story made newspapers worldwide, the internetconvulsedin outrage.”

“Today, another American hunter, Sabrina Corgatelli, who has posted photos of her kills of African animals on Facebook, is receiving similarlybilioustreatment.”
​“Zimbabwe has suffered under theiron fistof a despot for nearly 35 years, and its people’splighthas never trended on Twitter or provoked a fraction of the outrage the killing of a lion has received.”